US sanctuary cities blasted after moaning they 'can't handle' migrant crisis: 'Texas dealing with millions!'
US sanctuary cities blasted after moaning they 'can't handle' migrant crisis: 'Texas dealing with millions!'
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US sanctuary states have been blasted by the Texan head of a political advocacy group after moaning they “can’t handle” any more migrants.
Speaking to GB News about the US migrant crisis, former Republican nominee, Genevieve Collins, laid into New York Mayor Eric Adams and other sanctuary city leaders.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has sent a steady trickle of migrants away from the southern border in a bid to ease the burden on his state.
Tens of thousands of migrants have been sent so far, mostly to Washington DC, New York and Chicago.
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When asked whether Abbott should double down on delivering migrant buses to sanctuary cities, Collins said: “Absolutely”.
“I mean, what other states have to realize is that every state is now a border state.”
“There are so many people coming into our country and we have to share the burden. Everyone has to be able to understand that this is a massive issue for the United States of America, not just Texas.
“Mayor Eric Adams from New York City came to Mexico City to talk to a conference where I was at and he said New York City's at capacity, but he ends there.
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“Well, so is Texas, So is New Mexico. So is Arizona and California.
“We're taking this amazing, incredible burden. And you're [Adams] just saying that because you've had over 116,000 migrants shipped to your city that you can't handle it anymore?
“We are dealing in Texas with millions of migrants. Our infrastructure can't support it. Our humanitarian efforts can't support this.”
“Our cities can't support it. The crime is out of control. And now you're [Adams] saying we're at capacity?
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Reuters“This was such a missed opportunity and now what's more interesting is that the mayor from Chicago is also seeing the same thing and he's coming to the Rio Grande Valley, that's South Texas where the border is and he's he's trying to investigate what the problem is because it's becoming a massive issue in Chicago.
“This has to be a shared burden because we are one nation, not just Texas. I would say this has to be a shared burden and it's good that other States and other cities are waking up.”
The comments come just a week after official figures from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) said it was overseeing 5.7 million migrants in the United States.
According to a new Ice initiative, migrants could soon receive free medical services, food and even housing from the Biden administration.
Former ICE director Tom Homan told The New York Post that the programme would cost “billions” as it is effectively a “welfare” scheme for non-detained migrants awaiting court dates.
He added: “The Release and Reporting Management programme is just a push by the open border advocates to provide welfare benefits to six million people.
“They’re going to give legal assistance to illegal aliens at the taxpayers’ expense to fight the government.”